Species Protoopalina raffae Delvinquier, 1987

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Regional Maps

• Protoopalina raffae Delvinquier, B.L.J. 1987. Opalinidae in Australian Anura. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 98: 93-122.
• Opalina intestinalis Raff, J.W. 1911. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 586-596.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Endosymbiotic (host(s): Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867 [HYLIDAE] Broad-palmed Frog (intestines); Litoria ewingii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Brown Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria rheocola Liem, 1974 [HYLIDAE] Creek Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters, 1863 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Eastern Banjo Frog (intestines); Litoria fallax (Peters, 1880) [HYLIDAE] Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria caerulea (J. White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; intestines); Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1829) [HYLIDAE] Green and Golden Bell Frog (syn. Hyla aurea; intestines); Litoria raniformis (Keferstein, 1867) [HYLIDAE] Growling Grass Frog (intestines); Litoria lesueuri (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Lesueur’s Frog (syn. Hyla lesueuri; intestines); Uperoleia marmorata Gray, 1841 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Marbled Toadlet (intestines); Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Marine Toad, Cane Toad (intestines); Cyclorana novaehollandiae Steindachner, 1867 [HYLIDAE] New Holland Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes ornatus (Gray, 1842) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Ornate Burrowing Frog (intestines); Litoria pallida Davis et al., 1983 [HYLIDAE] Pale Frog (intestines); Litoria pearsoniana (Copland, 1961) [HYLIDAE] Pearson’s Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838) [HYLIDAE] Peron’s Tree Frog (syn. Hyla peronii; intestines); Litoria inermis (Peters, 1867) [HYLIDAE] Bumpy Rocket Frog (intestines); Litoria nasuta (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Rocket Frog (syn. Hyla nasuta; intestines); Litoria rothii (De Vis, 1884) [HYLIDAE] Northern Laughing Tree Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Striped Marsh Frog (intestine); Litoria tornieri (Nieden, 1923) [HYLIDAE] Black-shinned Rocket Frog (intestines); Litoria tyleri Martin et al., 1979 [HYLIDAE] Tyler’s Tree Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes dorsalis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog (intestines)).

Associated Fauna References

Delvinquier, B.L.J. 1987. Opalinidae in Australian Anura. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 98: 93-122 (Litoria pallida; Litoria tyleri; Litoria rheocola; Litoria pearsoniana; Litoria tornieri; Litoria rothii; Litoria fallax; Cyclorana novaehollandiae; Litoria inermis; Litoria latopalmata; Litoria raniformis; Limnodynastes dumerilii; Limnodynastes ornatus; Litoria nasuta; Limnodynastes dorsalis; Limnodynastes peronii; Uperoleia marmorata; Litoria ewingii; Litoria lesueuri; Litoria peronii; Litoria caerulea; Bufo marinus)

Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Freeland, W.J. 1988. Protozoan parasites of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 301-316 (Bufo marinus)

Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Patterson, D.J. 1993. The opalines. pp. 247-325 in Kreier, J.P. & Baker, J.R. (eds). Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press Vol. 3 2. (Litoria pallida; Litoria rheocola; Litoria pearsoniana; Litoria tornieri; Litoria rothii; Litoria fallax; Cyclorana novaehollandiae; Litoria inermis; Litoria latopalmata; Litoria raniformis; Limnodynastes dumerilii; Limnodynastes ornatus; Litoria nasuta; Limnodynastes dorsalis; Limnodynastes peronii; Uperoleia marmorata; Litoria ewingii; Litoria lesueuri; Litoria aurea; Litoria caerulea; Bufo marinus)

Raff, J.W. 1911. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 586-596 (Limnodynastes dorsalis; Litoria ewingii; Litoria aurea)

Speare, R. 1990. A review of the diseases of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, with comments on biological control. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 387-410 (Bufo marinus)

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